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Re: What Needs To Be Done?

I think habitat destruction and mono cropping along with GMO crops is a major concern if not more threatening than mites over the long term. Here in N. Fl the native plants and wild flowers that used to support bee populations are being wiped out by folks that can’t stand to see a weed in their manicured yard or the farmer that sprays herbicides on every foot of fence line. Hundreds of acres are being converted to sod farms. Plant more native plants

Re: What Needs To Be Done?

Google has a unit conversion function built in.

'5 inches in cm' will give you the conversion of 5 inches to centimeters. Google is setup for all kinds of units (you can convert between miles and millimeters....even includes "smoots" as a unit of measure).

deknow

Sometimes the lights all shining on me
Other times I can barely see. -The Grateful Dead

Re: What Needs To Be Done?

Originally Posted by Michael Palmer

What needs to be done now?

• ...learn how to raise your own bees...by wintering nucleus colonies....
• ...participate in a breeding program...raising good queens...or buying queens from a local producer...
• ...get those queens into your wintering nuclei, and get those nuclei into the apiaries of the people in your state/neighborhood.
• ...educate the people on how to make and winter their own nucs...
...

Re: What Needs To Be Done?

Originally Posted by Michael Palmer
What needs to be done now?

• ...learn how to raise your own bees...by wintering nucleus colonies....
• ...participate in a breeding program...raising good queens...or buying queens from a local producer...
• ...get those queens into your wintering nuclei, and get those nuclei into the apiaries of the people in your state/neighborhood.
• ...educate the people on how to make and winter their own nucs...

Originally Posted by Adam Foster Collins

This is some of the advice I'm taking forward in my own efforts.

Adam

Lets be honest, it's just plain quality. One of the best posts I've seen in ages. -Get the basics right and take personal responsibility.